National Monument to Forefathers, Plymouth Mass.

National Monument to Forefathers, Plymouth Mass.

Photograph

Augustus Ephraim Alden

Maker
American, 1837–1914

National Monument to Forefathers, Plymouth Mass.

ca. 1880
Albumen silver print
Image (each): 8.7 × 8 cm (3 7/16 × 3 1/8 in.)
Mount: 9.8 x 17.5 cm (3 7/8 x 6 7/8 in.)
Gift of the 3M Foundation, ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley, 1977
Inscriptions recto BL (printed): Plymouth, \ Mass. \ NATIONAL MONUMENT TO FOREFATHERS
verso TL (ink): The inscription on the \ centre tablet of the \ monument reads as \ follows - \ National \ Monument \ to the \ Forefathers \ greeted \ by a \ Grateful People \ in remembrance of \ this \ [illegible] sacrifices \ and sufferings \ for that \ counsel of civil \ and \ religious liberty \ Two tablets, \ (one on each side \ of the monument \ record the names \ of the passengers \ of the Mayflower.
verso C (printed): A.E. ALDEN, \ 63 Court St. BOSTON. \ VIEWS MADE TO ORDER.
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